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Michelle Williams: Best friend Busy Philipps is 'the love of my life'

The pair played Jen Lindley and Audrey Liddell on The WB series "Dawson's Creek."

By Annie Martin
Michelle Williams at the New York Film Festival premiere of "Certain Women" on October 3. File Photo by Dennis Van Tine/UPI
1 of 4 | Michelle Williams at the New York Film Festival premiere of "Certain Women" on October 3. File Photo by Dennis Van Tine/UPI | License Photo

NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Michelle Williams shared her love for best friend Busy Philipps this week.

The 36-year-old actress gushed about her close pal and former Dawson's Creek co-star while attending a New York screening of Manchester by the Sea.

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"I'm here with my best friend," she told People at the event. "I'm so in love with her. She's proof that the love of your life does not have to be a man! That's the love of my life right there."

Philipps later posted a side-by-side comparison of herself and Williams in 2001 and at the screening. The pair both wore black to the event, with Philipps in a simple frock with lace and Williams in a minidress with sheer overlay.

"2001/2016 I love that we almost always stand on the same side of each other," the 37-year-old actress captioned the picture on Instagram.

"Also, can I just say - we aren't at a costume party in 2011. That's legit how we were dressed for a regular night out. I guess I really was my character from Cougartown? And thank God my eyebrows grew back," she joked.

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Williams and Philipps played Jen Lindley and Audrey Liddell on Dawson's Creek, which had a six-season run on The WB from 1998 to 2003. Their co-star Joshua Jackson recently cited Williams' character's death as one reason a potential reunion wouldn't work.

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"One, we killed Michelle at the end of the season. The other thing is it's been a very long time," he said this month on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

"I think for anybody who's a fan of Dawson's, to actually see the four of us on camera again might be a little bit shocking and kind of heartbreaking," the actor elaborated.

Williams was last romantically linked to Everything is Illuminated author Jonathan Safran Foer. She shares 11-year-old daughter Matilda Ledger with late ex-boyfriend Heath Ledger, whom she dated from 2004 to 2007.

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